Songwriter Tip:

If you find yourself worrying over the velocities of note in a particular passage is or how long the tail of the reverb on this backing vocal track, here’s a tip. Most people don’t notice. Most people won’t notice the difference. Some people will notice. Maybe you will. Maybe your band mates will. Make sure that the changes that you’re making will actually be a change for the better. As cool as it may seem to meticulously nit-pick your music to precision, most people who listen would never know the difference between a MIDI controller change of 11 (which is Expression) that switches between 79 to 84. Most people only notice the dramatic things. Keep that in mind. You could literally spend months fine tuning your song.